Bug#1138718: sendmail: FTBFS with libnsl 2.0:

On 2026-06-02 21:54, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 02.06.26 um 21:26 schrieb Aurelien Jarno:
> > - This package supports REGEX, DB, NIS, NIS+, LDAP, DNS maps,
> > + This package supports REGEX, DB, NIS, LDAP, DNS maps,
> 
> Is that really enough?
> IIRC this is just a description and the compile-time options needs to be
> modified to remove NIS+ support from the package.

Yes, this is enough because NISPLUS support is autodetected (and that's 
why the description in debian/control didn't match anymore).

Now if you prefer, it's also possible to disable the feature instead of 
leaving it autodetected. That's what the following patch does:

--- sendmail-8.18.2/debian/configure.options
+++ sendmail-8.18.2/debian/configure.options
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 #  --enable-nis=...........Allow NIS maps [auto]
 --enable-nis=auto
 #  --enable-nisplus=.......Allow NISPLUS maps [auto]
---enable-nisplus=auto
+--enable-nisplus=no
 #  --enable-ldap=..........Allow LDAP maps [auto]
 --enable-ldap=yes
 #  --enable-hesiod=........Allow HESIOD maps [auto]
--- sendmail-8.18.2/debian/control
+++ sendmail-8.18.2/debian/control
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  Sendmail includes *no* Mail User Agents (MUA), you'll have to
  pick from the plethora of available MUAs (mutt, vm, etc.)
  .
- This package supports REGEX, DB, NIS, NIS+, LDAP, DNS maps,
+ This package supports REGEX, DB, NIS, LDAP, DNS maps,
  and has enabled TCPWrappers, IPv6, LockFile, SMTP AUTH(SASL), STARTTLS(SSL).
 
 Package: rmail
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
  Sendmail includes *no* Mail User Agents (MUA), you'll have to
  pick from the plethora of available MUAs (mutt, vm, etc.)
  .
- This package supports REGEX, DB, NIS, NIS+, LDAP, DNS maps,
+ This package supports REGEX, DB, NIS, LDAP, DNS maps,
  and has enabled TCPWrappers, IPv6, LockFile, SMTP AUTH(SASL), STARTTLS(SSL).
  .
  This package is to make installation/upgrading easier (Do NOT delete it)

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Aurelien Jarno                          GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B
[email protected]                     http://aurel32.net

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